The hidden tax Americans pay constantly — and how we can avoid it

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<p>Americans spend billions of hours a year navigating government bureaucracy, whether filling out forms, waiting on hold, or standing in endless lines. Researchers call this hidden burden the &ldquo;time tax.&rdquo; In her new book, <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-time-tax/id6748314661" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time &mdash; and How to Fix It</em></a>, Atlantic staff writer Annie Lowrey argues all of this red tape is more than just annoying &mdash; it has real, lasting consequences for the country. Lowrey joins <em>Apple News In Conversation</em> host Shumita Basu to talk about who pays a disproportionate share of the time tax, why the system was designed to wear us down, and her ideas for how to fix it.</p>